HAVING led the Malta Supreme Guyana to a semifinal spot where they lost to eventual champions Barbados in the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board/NAGICO Super50 tournament last year, Demerara Cricket Club all-rounder Christopher Barnwell has been entrusted with the captaincy role once again. Yesterday after another intense training session in sweltering heat at the Guyana
South Africa duly completed an eight-wicket victory against West Indies on the fifth day, but initially at least it was not quite the stroll in the park that the scorecard suggests. West Indies stuck to their task with spirit and it required an exacting half-century from Dean Elgar to shepherd them to the win that
MS Dhoni has retired from Test cricket with immediate effect following the drawn Test against Australia in Melbourne. Virat Kohli will take over as India captain for the final Test of the series, which India have already lost, in Sydney. Dhoni was batting on 24 when the Test was called off early at the MCG
Australia did not need to win, and India never really thought seriously about doing so. A curiously muted final day of the Boxing Day Test petered out with four overs still to bowl; on recent evidence more than enough time to winkle out the visitors’ last four wickets. A draw was enough for Australia to
A waterlogged outfield and persistent rain ruled out any chance of play on the fifth day of the Port Elizabeth Test, which ended in a draw with only 201 overs having been possible over five days. Whenever play had been possible, the pitch threw up an excellent contest between bat and ball, with four batsmen